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Plant Sensing, Response and Adaptation to the Environment (A5)

Organizer(s) Steve A. Kay and Joanne Chory

January 11—16, 2009

Big Sky Resort • Big Sky, MT USA

Abstract Deadline: Sep 17, 2008

Late Abstract Deadline: Oct 15, 2008

Scholarship Deadline: Sep 17, 2008

Early Registration Deadline: Nov 11, 2008

Sponsored by Monsanto Company

Summary of Meeting:Understanding plant environmental responses requires not only considering the structural biology and molecular mechanisms of signal transduction from photoreceptor proteins, but also ecological and evolutionary genetic approaches to adaptation. Progress is being made in how circadian clocks are used to integrate daily light and temperature changes into seasonal information to control daily as well as seasonal reproductive growth. However integrating these multidisciplinary approaches into a community effort remains a challenge. Often the photoreceptor biochemist is not aware of approaches that use sequence diversity to capture population information, and vice versa. There is also a separation in the field between those studying different sensory pathways: e.g. light, temperature and pathogen presence. This meeting aims to bring these scientists together by transcending biochemistry and population genetics approaches to understanding plant sensing and environmental adaptation. The meeting will promote interaction between these fields and advance our understanding through collaborations.

Hernan Marino Cabrara,
Pont University Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile
Short Talk: Photosynthetic and Photoprotective Mechanisms Related to Photosystems and Micromorphological Changes of Chloroplasts in Two Herbs Along Their Altitudinal Distribution Gradients in the Mediterranean Andes of Central Chile in South America

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